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Live in BC Canada. Retired union staffer and community activist. Grew up in Gary, IN.
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When the Blue Jays play in Seattle, the city fills up with thousands of Canadians. At least this was the case until this year. Seattle restaurants are offering 30% discounts to Canadians to entice us down again.

A reminder not to store red sauce in Tupperware.

“The owners of Canada” brought 40 million people into the conversation and into the White House along with him.

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

Canada, we’re with you! TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA! #auspol

Look at how people treat a server to get a sense of who they really are.Poilievre never even looks up from his paper to acknowledge or speak to this tech support person. Every other leader looks up and engages with them.Says everything about who Poilievre is as a person #canada #markcarney #cdnpoli

Canuckle honours National Canadian Film Day. What is your favourite Canadian film?

Canuckle honours National Canadian Film Day.

“The whole world has decided that the U.S. government has no idea what it’s doing,” said Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University and co-author of the forthcoming book “Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/b... Gift Article

oh shit this got me emotional. this is America!

OK, let’s see the best signs that you saw today.

Andrew Lawton and others repeatedly mocked Ottawa residents inside this secret group chat Convoy lawyer Eva Chipiuk shared a conspiratorial video claiming inquiry witness Zexi Li is a Chinese “psy-op,” and mocks her as an “alluring, young sexually viable TikTok hottie” and “Ottawa’s Jeanne d’Arc”

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @BillBramhall @NYDailyNews )

This is fabulous!

Breaking character: Check out this graph of polls for the 2025 Canadian elections. BLUE is conservative, red is liberal. Never seen anything like this. Some is Carney replacing Trudeau perhaps, but almost all is a reaction to Trump. (Earlier I described con as purple but it's more blue.)

It's been a challenge to not say anything until now, but we are THRILLED to announce that press freedom activist, actor and troublemaker @johncusack.bsky.social is joining our #teslatakedown mass mobilization call on Weds March 19 at 8:30p ET! RSVP to join us: actionnetwork.org/forms/teslat...

Canada is a great place for … science, education, health care. Looking to move, try Canada.

Canadian Automobile Dealers Association pushes for probe into 4 TELSA dealers for filing for $43 million in EV incentives over a single weekend!!! True story!!!

Something to bookmark: Potash is essential for modern agriculture. **Eighty percent** of the potash used on American farms comes from mines in *Saskatchewan*. {gift link}

Premier Trump…the Prime Minister of Canada on the line…

#Canadians are preparing to create a retail blackout on Feb 28 of all U.S retailers doing business there. For one day, they will show them the power when provoked. Absolutely no purchases from Walmart, Home Depot, Best Buy, Amazon, McDonald’s, Staples, Gap or any other US retailers. Join them!!

Best ever!

Ive said this before. Unions have a moment in time to create parallel, Non Profit Trust or Associated Health Plans and offer them to small to medium size businesses. Unions can negotiate far better than SMBs or associations . Imagine if millions got their healthcare from unions ? Thoughts ?

Follow Michael de Adder. His editorial cartoons in the Globe and Mail are outstanding.

What is the cost of capturing, imprisoning and deporting just one migrant? What are the costs to families, communities and employers?

How can forcing women who are raped to birth the child and offer no supports contribute to mental health? How about offering negligible maternity leave?

Now, that's funny.

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

Many Instagram and Facebook users say they are confused about why they are following and seeing posts from President Trump and JD Vance in their feeds. Here’s why. nyti.ms/42jJCRQ

It’s still the Gulf of Mexico.

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